Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
It is a cross-sectional study to evaluate the health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, to identify the domains affected and associate them with socio-demographic and clinical-therapeutic features of the sample. It was performed with 152 patients between 2009 and 201...
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| author | Adriana Cristina Nicolussi Namie Okino Sawada Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo Viviane Andrade Juliana Maria de Paula |
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| description | It is a cross-sectional study to evaluate the health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, to identify the domains affected and associate them with socio-demographic and clinical-therapeutic features of the sample. It was performed with 152 patients between 2009 and 2011 in two centers of chemotherapy, in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. The instrument Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core30 was used. The general Quality of Life was considered good, the domains affected were: emotional and role function, pain, fatigue, insomnia and loss of appetite. Female patients, between 40 and 60 years, economically active, with gastric, lung, neurological and skin cancer, with metastasis, and patients who underwent surgery and/or radiotherapy showed concomitant deficits in several areas and the presence of more symptoms. We concluded that the cancer and its treatment somehow affected patients, causing more symptoms and deficits of the performed functions, jeopardizing their health-related quality of life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3eb59f1ba6614aa2ba350d873ed7d6622022-12-22T01:23:56ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832014-04-0115110.15253/2175-6783.2014000100017Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapyAdriana Cristina Nicolussi0Namie Okino Sawada1Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo2Viviane Andrade3Juliana Maria de Paula4Hospital das Clínicas. Ribeirão PretoEscola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto,Universidade de São PauloBecton Dickinson BrasilEscola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto,Universidade de São PauloEscola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto,Universidade de São PauloIt is a cross-sectional study to evaluate the health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, to identify the domains affected and associate them with socio-demographic and clinical-therapeutic features of the sample. It was performed with 152 patients between 2009 and 2011 in two centers of chemotherapy, in Ribeirão Preto-SP, Brazil. The instrument Quality of Life Questionnaire-Core30 was used. The general Quality of Life was considered good, the domains affected were: emotional and role function, pain, fatigue, insomnia and loss of appetite. Female patients, between 40 and 60 years, economically active, with gastric, lung, neurological and skin cancer, with metastasis, and patients who underwent surgery and/or radiotherapy showed concomitant deficits in several areas and the presence of more symptoms. We concluded that the cancer and its treatment somehow affected patients, causing more symptoms and deficits of the performed functions, jeopardizing their health-related quality of life.http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1475/pdf_1Quality of Life;NeoplasmsDrug Therapy;Oncologic Nursing. |
| spellingShingle | Adriana Cristina Nicolussi Namie Okino Sawada Fernanda Mara Coelho Cardozo Viviane Andrade Juliana Maria de Paula Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy Rev Rene Quality of Life; Neoplasms Drug Therapy; Oncologic Nursing. |
| title | Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_full | Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_fullStr | Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_short | Health-related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| title_sort | health related quality of life of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy |
| topic | Quality of Life; Neoplasms Drug Therapy; Oncologic Nursing. |
| url | http://www.revistarene.ufc.br/revista/index.php/revista/article/view/1475/pdf_1 |
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